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Geoff’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Geoff’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Geoff Boxell’s Followers (12)
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Geoff Boxell
Goodreads Author
Born
in London, The United Kingdom
Genre
Member Since
December 2015
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Just for Kicks: A Rocker's Tale of London in the 60s
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1998
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2 editions
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If You Go Down in the Woods
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2015
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2 editions
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The Dark Daring Deeds of Geffrey ðe Wulf
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2015
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3 editions
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Woden's Wolf
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1998
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5 editions
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Awfully Artful Arthur or should that be Clever Cunning Cerdic?
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Big Bold Beowulf
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2015
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Hard Hero Hengest
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2015
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Grimm Tales: (almost) true stories about Beowulf and Hengest and King Arthur
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It's All a Bit Complicated: Family Tales of Boxell-Holt-Connell-Bunce Families from Battersea & Earlsfield
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Geoff’s Recent Updates
"I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I hate that I didn't end up loving this one, as I was really hoping to, given that I love Tony Robinson himself. However, I had to DNF this book, because it just was" Read more of this review » |
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Geoff Boxell
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106 other people
liked
Tammy's review
of
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0):
"Such a disappointment. It’s Follett’s usual intermingling of characters’ stories but it fails to engage. The characters lacked depth and the plots lacked momentum. Overall, this is just lacking."
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Geoff Boxell
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165 other people
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Debbie W.'s review
of
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0):
" Why I chose to read this book:
1. even though I really enjoyed The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, I wasn't too crazy about Ken Follett's A Column of Fire. I thought I would give Follett one more chance with this prequel; and, 2. my audiob" Read more of this review » |
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Geoff Boxell
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| Well, I have waited 3 years for the next book in the series: originally the author said that there would be just one book to complete it - "Captain of Venice". Well, it seems he has managed to squeeze another book in to fill the gap of 6 years from t ...more | |
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| First I must confess that I am unsure why I bought this book: it may be that I confused it with the whale road stories of Robert Low. I know it was just after Christmas 2024 and I was on a book buying spree - I may have been a bit muzzy from Christma ...more | |
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| In my review of the previous saga of Hasting the Avenger I complained about the 2 years between the books being published. This time it is three years since I read the previous book but, looking at the date of other's reviews, that is my fault and no ...more | |
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| This is as much the tale of Lady Hawise ferch Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn as it is of the aging Sir Gerald Warbow as she struggles to regain the land she inherited from the grip of her rapacious uncles. The way the book ends there may yet be a 10 ...more | |
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Well it starts with an attempted murder then settles down to explore King Alfred's educational and civil reforms. Things hot up again when yet another Viking threat arrives in the form of Haesten and a triple thrust at Wessex. Alfred is growing old (w ...more |
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Steven McKay
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Geoff Boxell's
question:
Hi Geoff, I'm really glad you liked those books enough to want a sequel! Unfortunately, the publisher never asked me to write more and I've moved on now. I did buy some books to research Edward and Aethelflaed with the intention of writing a fourth n
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